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The primary vocational rehabilitation services are counseling and guidance with job placement. However, other services may also be provided as needed for an individual to compensate for, correct or prevent disability-based barriers to employment. These services can include, but are not limited to:

• Physical or mental restoration;
• Vocational, college or other training;
• Assistive technology evaluations, equipment and training;
• Information on disability resources;
• Personal assistance services while receiving VR services;
• Transportation in connection with VR services being provided;
• Supported employment;
• Self-employment assistance;
• Transition school-to-work services for youth with disabilities; and
• Other services based on individual needs.

The services a person receives are determined by the person's Individualized Plan for Employment (IPE). This plan outlines a person's employment goal and the services that are needed to enable the person to achieve that goal. The IPE can be written by a VR client and counselor working together, or it can be written by the client according to guidelines the counselor will explain.

Eligibility: A person may be eligible for vocational rehabilitation services if he or she has a visual impairment, physical or mental disability that is a barrier to employment and requires VS services to prepare for, obtain, keep or return to work. There must be a chance the person can benefit by going to work.

Cost: Some services, such as medical examinations to determine if a person is eligible for vocational rehabilitation, counseling and job placement, are provided at no charge to the client. For some other services, a client may have to share in the cost, depending on his/her income and resources.

Applying for Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired vocational rehabilitation services: Contact the nearest DRS office at 800-487-4042 or follow this link to find the office nearest you.

Instructional Services help DRS clients regain or maintain maximum independence and self-sufficiency. Rehabilitation teachers provide instruction and counseling through a program designed to help individuals adjust to the loss of sight. Services include instruction in personal and home management, communication methods, reading and writing braille, keyboarding skills, low vision technology, adaptive techniques or devices, and recreation or leisure activities.

The Transition Program helps students with disabilities who are eligible for vocational rehabilitation services to prepare for employment and life after high school. Services available through Vocational Rehabilitation and Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired counselors assigned to each high school include:

• Vocational counseling and guidance assists teachers, parents and students in developing appropriate career goals.
• Vocational assessment and evaluation helps determine students' employment-related strengths.
• School Work study provides job readiness skills, work experience and high school credits.
• Work Adjustment Training is purchased from community-based facilities.
• On-the-Job Training is arranged in the community for students in the second semester of their senior year with permanent employment as a goal.
• Supported Employment helps students in the second semester of their senior year transition into permanent employment.
• Job Development and Placement specialists help students make job searches more successful.

DRS services for those with hearing loss include a variety of programs and informational services. We provide services to individuals who are Deaf, hard of hearing, late-deafened, deaf-blind and those with speech impairments.

The Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program is a voluntary employment program administered by the Social Security Administration. It offers beneficiaries with disabilities receiving Social Security Disability Insurance or Supplemental Security Income increased choices. With the Ticket program, client options include obtaining services and supports to attain self-supporting employment.

The Langston University Department of Rehabilitation Counseling and Disability Studies launched a service program called, Sembrando el Futuro or Planting the Future.

Planting the Future was created as a means by which migrant and seasonal farm workers with special needs might be able to develop skills that would lead to long-term
employment.

Specifically, Planting the Future assists its participants by connecting them to community resources essential to helping them become independent and productive employees. Through technical and financial collaborations with the Oklahoma

Department of Rehabilitation Services (ODRS) and other local agencies, the program provides participants with the skills assessments, technical assistance, job-readiness training, career counseling, job placement services, and follow-up support necessary to attain a lifestyle of self-sufficiency.

The program, which has offices on both Langston University?s Tulsa and Oklahoma City campuses, is available year-round, and provides written materials in both English and Spanish.